Tippr And Facebook Deals Team Up To Take Savings Mobile

Location-based apps are all the rage these days, and while Foursquare and a few others are leading the pack, there's always room for more. Tippr is the newest name on the block, and they've just announced their intentions to participate in Facebook Deals, which allows people to easily discover, buy, discuss and plan activities with friends in the first five test cities where Deals will be available; Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco.

Merchants featured on Tippr.com and the daily deal sites operating on the PoweredByTippr platform now have the opportunity to easily expand their reach into the world’s largest social network. By teaming up with Facebook Deals, the PoweredByTippr platform provides additional visibility for merchants and allows them to share their deals with a socially active and influential group of consumers. For consumers? More deals while obsessing over Facebook updates. Facebook Deals is immediately available to Facebook members in the five test cities, all of which are included in the PoweredByTippr network, and we're guessing it's only a matter of time before everyone's included. Can't let Groupon have all of the fun!

Tippr™ Teams with Facebook® to Offer Facebook Deals

Deal Sites Utilizing the PoweredByTippr™ Technology Platform Gain Extensive Distribution on the World’s Largest Social Network

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tippr™, the leading provider of white-label technology and services for group-buying, today announced its participation in Facebook Deals, which allows people to easily discover, buy, discuss and plan activities with friends in the first five test cities where Deals will be available; Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco. With today’s launch, Facebook users in the five test cities now have access to deals that are provided by external deal sites such as Tippr.com.

    “Congratulations to Facebook for the vision and innovation around incorporating daily deals into their vast and socially powerful community and removing friction for consumers who are often overwhelmed by random offers”

Merchants featured on Tippr.com and the daily deal sites operating on the PoweredByTippr™ platform now have the opportunity to easily expand their reach into the world’s largest social network. By teaming up with Facebook Deals, the PoweredByTippr platform provides additional visibility for merchants and allows them to share their deals with a socially active and influential group of consumers. The PoweredByTippr platform will provide a streamlined approach for publishers to showcase daily deals to Facebook’s more than 500 million users.

“Congratulations to Facebook for the vision and innovation around incorporating daily deals into their vast and socially powerful community and removing friction for consumers who are often overwhelmed by random offers,” said Tippr CEO Martin Tobias. “Facebook Deals provide daily deal sites on the PoweredByTippr platform with an immense affiliate network, and offers consumers relevant deals within a familiar environment. We believe Facebook, with their unmatched insight into consumer’s preferences and personalization capabilities, will change the daily deal business.”

Facebook Deals is immediately available to Facebook members in the five test cities, all of which are included in the PoweredByTippr network. For more information about Tippr and Facebook Deals please visit http://www.poweredbytippr.com/blog.